Raôul Oudejans

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Dr. Raôul R.D. Oudejans is (Associate) Professor Learning and Performing in Sports, Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Faculty of Sports and Nutrition, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. He has always been intrigued by the excellence with which humans can move around in their environments and the seemingly limitless possibilities to improve perceptual-motor skills and become ever better. He received his PhD in 1996 on his research into the optics and actions of catching fly balls in baseball. Ever since his main research and teaching areas are perceiving and moving in sports and other high-pressure contexts such as police work and performing arts with emphasis on the psychological factors involved in performing. The last fifteen years Raôul specialized in the visual control of the basketball shot as well as in training and performing under pressure. His research is part of the program Sports and Work of research institute Amsterdam Movement Sciences (AMS) and Institute for Brain and Behaviour Amsterdam (iBBA).

2007Three year research project (junior researcher) entitledPracticing under pressure: Effects on skills of police officers(Trainen onder druk: Effecten op de beroepsvaardigheden van politieambtenaren) funded by the Police Research Program of The Netherlands (Programma Politie & Wetenschap; € 199,885,-, to be paid in phases under the condition of sufficient progression).

2006Continuation of collaboration with Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), project: Attention, gaze behavior and anticipation in junior soccer players (€ 19,860.-, June 2006).

2002Four year PhD project funded by NWO as part of a five‑project NWO research programme within the "2002 Cognition round", together with prof. dr. P.J. Beek. Main applicant research programme: prof. dr. G. Semin, dept. of Social Psychology, VU University Amsterdam.

1997Four year PhD project funded by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB, 1997); proposal together with prof. dr. P.J. Beek and dr. F.C. Bakker (fl. 300,000).

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CTO Vrouwenbasketball | Amsterdam | schottrainer | 2014-09-01

Last mutation Ancillary Activities: Amsterdam (2015-02-12)

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